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Executive and Legislative documents laid before the General Assembly of North-Carolina [1869; 1870]

1869-70.] Document l^o. 6. 31
The Roanoke Navigation stock should be vahiable ; aceord-inglj
the Board liopes to turn it to account.
IT. SAVAMP LANDS.
These hinds still remain useless property. AVhite Oak
Swamp, situated in Jones, and Onslow Counties, containing
85,552 acres, has been thoroughlj- surveyed. An excellent
and accurate map has been construcled, from which the bounds
and character of this tract can be ascertained with certainty
;
it evidently contains inuch valuable land ; its location is favor-able
for profitable occupation. If the General Assembly
should be pleased to authorize its sale, purchasers at a good
price can probably be found.
On the twenty-fifth day of January last, D. P. Bible, Esq.,
proposed to purchase all the swamp lands belonging to the
Board, which are situated in the Counties of Hyde and Tyrrell,
and Washington, for the sum of thirty thousand ($30,000)
dollars, to be paid in six months with interest, from the date
of purchase, which proposition was accepted. Owning to the
restriction laid upon the Board by the act of March 17th, this
bargain has not been consummated. It is understood that Mr,
Bible is prepared and ready to fulfill his j.art of the trade, but
as the act of March seems to imply an unwillingness on the
part of the General Assembly to sell these lands, and appears
to have been passed in consequence of this transaction with
Mr. Bible, the Board is reluctant to close the trade. The
opinions of several persons who are acquainted with the con-dition
and value of the lands were sought, and their prompt and
decided advice was, to accept Mr. Bible's proposition.
If the General Assembly sliall see fit to untie the hands of
the Board, perhaps more favorable propositions can now be
obtained. But, as at present restricted, the Board does not
consider itself at liberty to oiler inducements, or to make prop-ositions
to purchasers. The Legislature is not always in session,
and so much time is liable to elapse between an offer to pur-

1869-70.] Document l^o. 6. 31
The Roanoke Navigation stock should be vahiable ; aceord-inglj
the Board liopes to turn it to account.
IT. SAVAMP LANDS.
These hinds still remain useless property. AVhite Oak
Swamp, situated in Jones, and Onslow Counties, containing
85,552 acres, has been thoroughlj- surveyed. An excellent
and accurate map has been construcled, from which the bounds
and character of this tract can be ascertained with certainty
;
it evidently contains inuch valuable land ; its location is favor-able
for profitable occupation. If the General Assembly
should be pleased to authorize its sale, purchasers at a good
price can probably be found.
On the twenty-fifth day of January last, D. P. Bible, Esq.,
proposed to purchase all the swamp lands belonging to the
Board, which are situated in the Counties of Hyde and Tyrrell,
and Washington, for the sum of thirty thousand ($30,000)
dollars, to be paid in six months with interest, from the date
of purchase, which proposition was accepted. Owning to the
restriction laid upon the Board by the act of March 17th, this
bargain has not been consummated. It is understood that Mr,
Bible is prepared and ready to fulfill his j.art of the trade, but
as the act of March seems to imply an unwillingness on the
part of the General Assembly to sell these lands, and appears
to have been passed in consequence of this transaction with
Mr. Bible, the Board is reluctant to close the trade. The
opinions of several persons who are acquainted with the con-dition
and value of the lands were sought, and their prompt and
decided advice was, to accept Mr. Bible's proposition.
If the General Assembly sliall see fit to untie the hands of
the Board, perhaps more favorable propositions can now be
obtained. But, as at present restricted, the Board does not
consider itself at liberty to oiler inducements, or to make prop-ositions
to purchasers. The Legislature is not always in session,
and so much time is liable to elapse between an offer to pur-